Commodity futures market
Dissertation - 40 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
India has a long history of commodity futures trading, extending over 125 years. Still, such trading was interrupted suddenly since the mid seventies in the fond hope of ushering in an elusive socialistic pattern of society. As the country embarked on economic liberalization policies and signed...
A study into the retail industry of India and China
Tutorials/exercises - 58 pages - Business strategy
Retailing is the final step in the distribution of merchandise - the last link in the Supply Chain - connecting the bulk producers of commodities to the final consumers. Retailing covers diverse products such as foot apparels, consumer goods, financial services and leisure. A retailer,...
Managing the global supply chain: A risk measurement perspective
Dissertation - 43 pages - Management
The end of the last millennium and the beginning of the new millennium has seen supply chain management emerge as a new management paradigm and a source of competitive advantage. This is especially true in a global marketplace where "getting the right goods at the right place at the right time...
Distribution structure of Nestle
Thesis - 10 pages - Management
Properly planed distribution is always the quintessential factor when a company needs to reach its customers in all parts of the world therefore this paper will take a look at how the company Nestle distributes its products and where all does it face challenges and, finally, how it can counter...
Brand management in retailing in India
Dissertation - 38 pages - Business strategy
Research can be defined as “A careful investigation or inquiry especially through search for new facts in any branch of knowledge”. Data collection is an elaborate process in which the researcher makes a planned search for all relevant data. Data is the foundation of all marketing...
Business issues in the US
Course material - 24 pages - Management
In the early 20th century when faced criticisms or a crisis large, corporations started to end their culture of secrecy and to promote the broadcasting of information towards the public. They relied on journalists, or the used posters, publicity bureaus and press agents to become experts in...
Indian retail: Stepping ahead to create a benchmark
Dissertation - 47 pages - Business strategy
India is standing on the verge of having the pleasure to hold 2010 Olympic Games .Its retail business meter shows only about 4% organized retail in India. It means that a whopping 96% market is yet to be captured by entrepreneurs. Retail will grow more. India will be making waves in trends that...
Creating an application for proper implementation of wealth management
Dissertation - 101 pages - Finance
“ Without order nothing would exist, without chaos nothing would evolve “. As the saying goes nothing would evolve without chaos and nothing would exist without order, the same applies in the areas of business. Something new comes into the market to bring order and safety in the markets...
Civilization - publié le 01/10/2024
Course material - 47 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
No empire other than Great Britain brought to its colonies the technological tools (railroads, modern medicine) and the political ideals (capitalism, the rule of law) that made possible the development of stable and egalitarian societies. This explains why 54 nations, most of them former British...
HDFC and the mobilization of funds in the insurance sector
Tutorials/exercises - 63 pages - Finance
It has been established that village co-operatives insured against loss of profit in an industry in the early days of the Aryan Civilization. There were contacts safeguarding risks of transport by sea or land. Further these well renowned joint-family system rendered services similar to those of...
Driving Lean Transport and Logistics Operations at Chandra Transport Corporation
Case study - 2 pages - Logistics
Adopting lean practices in transport and logistics areas, particularly for companies like Chandra Transport Corporation (CTC) in India, has some inherent difficulties. Primarily, the fundamental challenge of logistics, which is its complexity and unpredictability, being boosted by the vast...
Business community and automation of business processes
Tutorials/exercises - 36 pages - Business strategy
The goal of this study was to understand the needs of business community for the automation/computerization of business processes and the level of automation that exists in business. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire through a direct interview method. One hundred respondents...
E-commerce and the ready-made garment industries
Dissertation - 40 pages - Business strategy
Electronic Commerce is the conducting of business over the web. It typically involves three broad steps. First, a person uses the web to collect information to decide which product or service to purchase. Second, the person transmits payment information (such as a credit card number) to the...
Baboshirts
Case study - 13 pages - International marketing
"Marketing is the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, services, organizations, and events to create and maintain relationships that will satisfy individual and organizational objectives." The main purpose of this project is to...
An analysis of E tailing
Dissertation - 83 pages - Services marketing
Online retailing is conducted through interactive online computer systems, which link consumers with sellers electronically. In a short space of time, internet retailing has firmly established itself as a viable alternative to store based shopping. Commercial online services offer online...
Strategic analysis of Porsche
Case study - 24 pages - Automotive marketing
How profitable an automotive manufacturer is, mainly depends on how he can use his production facilities to full capacity. Examples of manufacturers, who are unable to do so, are Opel or Volkswagen, where overproduction leads to small profit margins. The strategy of Porsche is the opposite....
What makes Samsung one of the world's leading companies?
Case study - 46 pages - International marketing
The Samsung group, a multinational enterprise founded by Lee Byung-Chul in 1938 in Daegu, is one of the largest multi-billion dollar corporations in the world. It is composed of numerous multinational businesses, all united under the Samsung brand. The South Korean conglomerate operates in...
Strategic analysis of Porsche - published: 29/09/2010
Case study - 24 pages - Services marketing
How profitable an automotive manufacturer is, mainly depends on how he can use his production facilities to full capacity. Examples of manufacturers, who are unable to do so, are Opel or Volkswagen, where overproduction leads to small profit margins. The strategy of Porsche is the opposite....
Learning to learn may be the key to success
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
Most organization has a cussed attitude to work and learning - treating these as two different things. Work is something the organization pays for; learning is something you do on your own, or conferred as reward or recognition for past performance. As business cycles shorten, as product...
What makes Samsung one of the world's leading companies? - published: 29/09/2010
Case study - 46 pages - Services marketing
The Samsung group, a multinational enterprise founded by Lee Byung-Chul in 1938 in Daegu, is one of the largest multi-billion dollar corporations in the world. It is composed of numerous multinational businesses, all united under the Samsung brand. The South Korean conglomerate operates in...
London Gateway
Case study - 14 pages - Medieval history
Historically, most of the goods consumed in the UK were manufactured in the UK. Distribution centres were created in the Midlands, where land and labor costs were low, to serve stores in the whole country. There was no road congestion, fuel was cheap and the environmental impact of transport was...
Sony's logistics department
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Sony is a Japanese company, founded in 1946, by an engineer and physicist. The company really began to develop in 1954 after received a license for the manufacturing of transistors, this major event has set the group out to conquer the Asian market. The strategy of the founder was to view the...
International logistics and procurement (2010-2011)
Internship report - 15 pages - Logistics
Definition of procurement: It can be defined as the purchase of goods or services at the optimum possible cost, in the correct amount and quality. These goods/services are also purchased at the correct time and location by signing a contract. Definition of logistics: It is to get the right...
The changing role of Retail
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
So many questions are arising regarding the changes taking place in today's retail environment and the viability of the model that was used in traditional retail. Diamond, Ellen & Steve (2000) assert that the most pressures in the marketplace include consumers levels of spending tend to remain...
Introduction to Financial Markets and Institutions
Course material - 2 pages - Finance
This document contains an introduction course to Financial Markets and Institutions.
Logistics Process Services (LPS) Firm Report
Case study - 5 pages - Logistics
LPS firm has transformed in a tremendous way in the transport sector. Its ways of approach to development of transport and integrated logistics is a sign of reshaping of its trade flows. The step this company has taken is yet to make a great contribution to its transport sector. The main aim of...
Which Marketing Strategy Should Royal Grolsch Pursue to Enter the Sweden Market with its Radler 0.0%?
Case study - 14 pages - Marketing theories
With the writing of this report, we aimed to determine whether it was worthwhile for the Grolsch beer brewery to enter the Swedish market with its product Radler 0.0%. To determine this, it was necessary to practice a country analysis as well as a market analysis including a SWOT and TOWS...
PESTEL Analysis - Garmin
Case study - 5 pages - Sport marketing
Garmin Ltd. was co-founded in October 1989 by Gary Burrell and Dr Min Kao, who came up with the groundbreaking design and engineering of the GPS software technology used in their products today. Before his involvement with Garmin, Dr Kao also developed the first FAA-certified GPS navigation...
E-Business - Established retailer adopting e-commerce
Case study - 10 pages - Digital & e-marketing
Nordstrom is a fashion outlet that sells clothes, shoes, and accessories for men, women and kids. It was created by John Nordstrom in 1901 with the aim of providing quality products to all its customers. Nordstrom exists in Canada and 40 states in the United States with 117 stores and 248 rack...
Utilizing Database Performance Using DB column storage
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
This paper seeks to discuss how databases can perform with DB column storage techniques. Over the past few years, databases systems running on column stores have been discussed and so much attention paid to them. In retrospect, column stores are used to store each and every database table column...
